Kyoto was the capital of Imperial Japan for over a thousand years until Emperor Meiji moved it to Edo and renamed it Tokyo. (Try reading that in an Alec Guinness voice. It sounds awesome.)
It’s the general consensus that where Tokyo is all about progress, Kyoto is all about tradition.
Which explains why the ramen shop I just had dinner at played The Ramones in between The White Stripes and Foo Fighters tracks.
This is an ancient city.
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